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> people now have $100s millions of Bitcoins and didn't do anything for them. This value should be re-distributed somehow.

That is ridiculous. Those people invested early, which drove the price and popularity up, which adds legitimacy and publicity to the system. This is a perfectly fair reward for being on top of technological advances and understanding them enough to want to invest, I see no reason to rescind any of it.



Addressing inequalities of opportunity created as a result of historical factors which predate the adoption of a libertarian system is one of the problems with adopting a libertarian system (aka, the "Libertarianism, starting right now" problem). As Bitcoin is generally promoted from a libertarian orientation, Bitcoin must also face this issue.

Replacing one system of "I or my ancestors were smart enough to do this a long time ago" with another one does not particularly improve matters.




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